How Does the Bradley Method Work?

I’m joined this week by my dear friend and colleague, Irene Kim who is a doula and Bradley Method Instructor. She dives into the ins and outs of the Bradley Method. What is it, how it got started, etc. This is a common type of childbirth education so I wanted to be sure to cover it so people have a good understanding of what the philosophy is behind it.
I would like to note that The Bradley Method is originally designed for Husbands and Wives so that language can be triggering for some and often lacks inclusivity. We value inclusive language and work in birth on Kaely Daily, so I want to acknowledge that significant drawback to this method.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- The Bradley Method is originally designed for unmedicated labor between a laboring person and their primary support person
- This method is always a series of classes, traditionally 12 weeks total
- There are some abbreviated versions of the Bradley Method, but not all are taught that way
MEET OUR GUEST:
Irene Kim is a certified Bradley® Childbirth Instructor and Doula with experience teaching over 300 parents-to-be. She has attended over 100 births as a birth doula and has provided postpartum support to many of these families as well. Along with ongoing Bradley® education each year, Irene has completed trainings for Spinning Babies, Rebozo training, and Comfort Measures training.
Irene was born and raised in the DC metropolitan area and is very experienced with the local hospitals, birth centers, midwives, and over-all best birthing practices and resources. She takes great joy and pride in connecting with expecting parents in her hometown to be a stepping stone on their way to building their beautiful families. She and her husband Daniel journeyed through three amazing, empowering, and natural births of their own and were later blessed with a fourth child who they met through the foster care system. Since then, Irene cannot help but to prepare, encourage, and teach other parents about the beauty of family, life, and birth. When asked to describe Irene, her former clients would say peaceful, calming, warm, knowledgeable, fun-loving, genuine, direct in the nicest way possible, and full of faith, hope, and love.

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[@Prescott443]

9 minutes in and u still don’t know what the Bradley Method is…

[@missteeshemah580]

Imagine 😢

[@growwiththeflow4854]

I have to agree with the other comments here--I learned almost nothing about the Bradley method from this video, including how to reach the subject matter expert. Please provide information on what the methods consist of in the future.

[@tetheredheartshomestead258]

This never told us what the Bradley method is…..at all. Completely uninformative.